I thank the Minister of State for what he is telling me. I thank the Government for the schemes it is providing. Presumably, all of the businesses and homes in Galway that have been affected will be able to avail of those schemes, including Clarinbridge, Oranmore, Galway city, Claddagh, Salthill and Long Walk. I should be talking to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. We should be looking at flood defences because in the meantime there will be interim protection meas…

The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023 and has made amendments thereto.

As we are talking about Ukraine, I cannot but comment on Gaza, where operations are being carried out without anaesthetic. We might balance the conversation and look at our policy. My specific question concerns plans for an audit of the long-term residential care for older persons in Galway city and county. I ask this because I am keeping a close eye on the imbalance between public and private beds.

I thank the Minister of State for following up on the audit. I have the advantage of having the answer before me but the specific figures for the homes are not in the answer. Will the Minister give us those figures? Concerning the audit carried out in 2022 following the Minister of State's intervention, is a copy available? Is it public? I am in Galway city; I am a firm believer in the public health system and beds but I watch with despair at how five beds officially remain empty in the heart of the Gaeltacht in Ár…

A subject like this is very difficult to deal with in a minute. If we look at the new one that will be built in Clifden, it was supposed to be 50 beds but has gone back to 40, inexplicably, when there is great demand. Look at the inexplicable vacancies in Áras Mhic Dara in Carraroe. I am trying to find out the waiting lists for Carraroe and Merlin Park. I do not expect the Minister of State to have this information at her fingertips but I expect to be able to get it at my fingertips quickly from the source. Going b…

We are way over time.

Deputy, we are way over time. Go raibh maith agat. I call the Minister.

We are over time and will have to come back.

I ask the Deputies to address the question at issue, please.

Just before the Minister of State comes in, I call Deputies Wynne and Murnane O'Connor.

This is not a supplemental.

The Minister of State has two minutes.

Gabh mo leithscéal; I did not realise Deputy Matthews was substituting. We will come back to him. That was my fault.

The Deputy will get a chance to come back in.

Deputies.

Before the Minister responds, two other Deputies wish to come in.

I call Deputy Joan Collins. Are there Government speakers here? I will come back to them as I have no names down here.

Deputy Durkan does not need to worry about his absence.

Deputy Durkan does not need to worry about his absence because if he looks at the record he will see an earlier speaker felt he was becoming Deputy Bernard Durkan. There was somebody here representing the Deputy. He can look at the record.

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Neasa Hourigan – To discuss the role of Teagasc in the publication of the Dublin Declaration of Scientists on the Societal Role of Livestock. Deputy Martin Kenny – To discuss the requirement for a new school campus for Scoil Mhuire, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim. Deputy Colm Burke – To discuss proposed changes whereby general medical practitioners…